The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-05-05
PRICE THREE CENTS.


broke out and all merchandise went up, and
merchants were made millionaires in six
months by the simple rise in the value OF
goods. Did the clerk get advantage of that
rlsei Sometimes, not always. l saw estates
gathered in those times, over which the curse
of God has hung ever since, The cry OF un,
paid men and women in those stores reached
the Lord of Sabaoth, md the in
dignation of God has been around
those establishments ever since; rum
bling in the carriage wheels, flashing in
the chandeliers, glowing from the crimson
upholstery, laundering in the long roll OF the
ten pin alley, Such men may build up pal
aces of merchandise heaven high, but after
awhile disaster will come along, and put
one hand on that pillar and throw itself for
ward until down will CONS the whole struct-
ure, crushing the worshippers as grapes are
mashed in wine-press.
Then there are boys in establishments who
are ruined-in prosperous establishments
ruined by their lack of compensation. In how
many prosperous stores it has been for tho
past twenty years that boys were given just
enough money to learn them to stealt Some
were seized by the police. Tie vast majority
of instances were not known. The head Of
the firm asked: Where is George nowF 20,
he isn't here any more" A lad might better
starve to death on blasted heath than take
one cent from his employer. Woe be to that
employer who unnecessarily puts temptation
in a boys way. There have been great
establishments in these cities building
marble palaces, their owners dying worth
millions, and millions, and millions, who
made vast amount of their estate out of the
blood, muscles, and nerves of half paid
clerks. Such men as--well. | will not mention
any name But'I mean men who have gath
erred up vast estates at the expense of the peo-
pie who were ground under their heel 60"
say such merchants, 'if you don't like it here,
then 20 and get better place" As much as
to say: "rve got you under my grip, and
mean to hold you; you can't get any other
place" q, what contrast we see between such
men and those Christian mercants of Brook
lyn and New FORK who to. day are sympathetic
with their clerks-when they pay the salary,
acting in this way: "1'his salary that give
you IS not all my interest in yon. You arc
an immortal man; you are an immortal
woman; | am interested in your present and
your everlasting welfare; | want you to
understand that, if l am little higher up in
this store, am beside you in Christian
sympathy" Go back forty years to Arthur
man whose worst enemies never
questioned his honesty. Every morning, he
brought all the clerks, and the accountants,
and the weighers into a room for devotion.
They sang They prayed. They exhorted.
| On Monday morning the clerks were asked
where they had attended church on the pre-
vious day, and what the sermons were about.
1t must have sounded strangely, that
voice of praise along the streets
where the devotees of mammoa
were counting their golden beads. You
say, Arthur Tappen failed. Yes, he was un-
fortunate, like great many good men; but
understand he met all his obligations before
he left this world, and l know that he died in
the peace of the Gospel, and that he is before
the throne of God to-day-forever blessed II
that be failing, I wish that you might all fail.
| There are a great many young men in this
| city-yea in this housewife want a word
| of encouragement, Christian encouragement.
| One smile of good cheer would be worth more
| to them tomorrow morning i'll their places OF
business than present of fifty thousand dol
| lars ten years hence. Oh, I remember tho
| apprehension and the tremor of entering .
! profession. | remember very we'll the man
| who greeted me in the ecclesiastical court
with the tip ends of the long fingers of the left
| hand and | remember the other man who took
my hand in both of his. and said: God
bless you, my brother; you nave entered
| glorious profession; be faithful to God and
| He will see you through" Why, feel this
minute the thrill of that hand shaking,
though the man who gave me the Christian
| grip has been in heaven twenty-five years.
| There are old men to-day who can look back
to forty years ago, when some one said a kind
word to them. Now, old men, pay back
what YOU got then. 1t is great art for old
J men to be able to encourage the young.
There are many young people in our cities
who have come from inland counties OF our
own State-from the granite hills of tho
North, from the savannas of the South, from
the prairies of the West They are here to
get their fortune. They are in boarding
houses where everybody seems to bs
thinking of himself. They want com.
panionship, and they want Christian
encouragement. Give it to them. MY
word is to all clerks in this house: Be might
ier than your temptations. A Sandwish Isl
ander used to think when he slew an enemy
all the strength of that enemy came into hia
own right arm. And have to tell you that
every misfortune you conquer is so much
added to your moral power. With omnlpo
tence for a lever, and the throne OF God for q
fulcrum, you can move earth and heaven
While there are other young men putting the
cup of sin to their lips stoop down
and drink out of the fountains of God, and
: YOU will rise up strong to thresh the noun
tains. The ancients used to think that pearls
were fallen rain drops, which, touching tht
surface of the sea, hardened into gems, ther
dropped to the bottom. l have to tell you to
day that storms of trial have showered i'm
perishable pearl into many young man lap
! o. young man, while you have goods to sell
, remember you have soul to save. In hos
pital a Christian captain, wounded few day!
!, , before, got delirious, and in the midnigh
,, hour he sprang out on the floor of the hospital
thinking he was in the battle, crying: "Comi
. on. bows, Forward Charger All! he wa!
! oniy battling the spectres of his own brain
But it is no imaginary conflict into which
|, call YOU, Young man, to-day. There are Tel
! thousand spiritual foes that would capture
:, YOU. In the name of God up and at them
, After the last store has been closed
after the last bank has gone down, after tbs
/ shuttle os the quick feet on the Custom Hous
steps has stopped, after the long line o
merchantmen on the sea have taken sail
flame, after Brooklyn, and New York, am
London, and Vienna have gone down in tn
grave where Thcbes, and Babylon, and Tyr
lie buried after the great hre
bells of the Judgment Day have tolle
at the burning of a worid-on that day, al
! the affairs of banking houses and stores VII
come up for inspection. o, what an openln
of account books side bv SIDE the clerk
and the men who enT loyed then-the peopi
who ownel thread an i-needle stores on tn
same footing with the Stewarts, and tn
, DelanoS, and the Abootts, and the Barings
Every invoice made out-atl the labels
| goods-all certificates OF stock-al lists
prices-all private marks of the firm, now e.
! | plained so everybody can understand then
All the mars of cities that were never bull
: but in which lots were sold. All bargains
All gougines All snap Judgments All falls
! | entries All aduteratlon OF liquors with COZ
I peras and strychnine. All mixing of tea
and sugars, and coirees and syrups, wit
cheaper material All embczzlements of tru'
funds All swindles in coal, and iron, an
oil and silver and stocks ALI Swartouts, an
. Huntingtons, and Ketchums On that da,
! when the cities of this world are smoking
: 2 the last confagration, the trial Will {
? on; and down in an avalanche OF d
= struction will go those who wronge
!. man or woman, insulted God ar
: defed the Judgment. o, that will be gre'
= dav for you, honest Christian clerk No ge
:. ting up early; no retiring late; no walkir
!; around with weary limhs; but mansion
!, !, which to live and realm of light and lov
= = and JOY over which to hold everlasting d
= minion. Hoist him up from glory to gior
II and from song to song, and fro
,, throne to throne; for while others 60 dow
d into the sea with their gold like milestone han
le ing TO their neck, this one shall come up .
IT heights of amethyst and alabaster, holding
g, his right hand the pearl OF great price in
'e sparkling. glittering, flaming casket
Il The fruit jellies of commerce are f
% tingly called horticultural oleomargaril